Morse High Coyle drills Blue and White prospects at Kelley field
About 50 of over 60 Morse candidates report for nightly practice at Kelley field under Coach Daniel Coyle. Veterans mix with newcomers as Coyle focuses on fundamentals and a sturdy line to protect ball carriers, aiming for a competitive team this season.
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Kelley Field
Daniel Coyle
New Morse High
Mr. Coyle
Duncan Farrell
Henry D Smail
Coyle
Robert Tabor
Jvs
Donald Huff
John Sonia
Ray Bourget
Bladen Smith
Don King
Walter Mazeiko
Edward Small
Paul Johnson
Louis Ginsberg
Donald Hogan
Charles Burgess
Raymond Bourget
Edward Hackett
Donald King
Edwin
George Acheson Granted Another High Promotion
Lewiston native Col. George R. Acheson, long associated with the State Military and Naval Children’s Home, is nominated by President Roosevelt for promotion to brigadier general. His rapid rise from cadet to colonel spans Morse High School 1922, University of Maine, and a coast of aviation service from 1925 onward.
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George R. Acheson
Col
Lewiston
State Military and Naval Children’s Home
Roosevelt
Morse High School
Ella Wood
University of Maine
United States Army
Panama
Texas
England
Eighth Airtr Force
15Th Aaf
Mediterranean
Stimson
Arnold
Fairchild
USAAF
Third Air Force
Acheson
Virginia
Roberta
Robert
Tampa
Fia
Knights Observe Columbus Day at St Mary’s Oct 8
Sagadahoc Council of Knights of Columbus plans Columbus Day events including a body reception of Holy Communion at the 9 am Mass at St Mary’s on Sunday Oct 8. Coffee and doughnuts will follow at the hall. An upcoming social may feature an evening of sports. Incomplete lawn party returns are noted.
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Sagadahoc Council
Knights of Columbus
John Cummings
St. Mary’s Church
Arthur Boulay
Memorial Hospital Observation After Entrance by William Badore
William Badore of 15 Crescent Street entered Memorial Hospital on Sunday for observation and X ray examinations. He resides with Mrs William Perry.
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William Badore
Crescent Street
Memorial Hospital
Badore
William Perry
Launching of USS Frank Knox at Bath Iron Works honors Navy figure
The USS Frank Knox, first of a new destroyer class, launched at Bath Iron Works Maine with a large ceremony honoring the late Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox. Gov Sumner Sewell Admiral Ernest J. King Under Secretary Ralph Bard and Mrs Annie Reid Knox attended as dignitaries and speakers praised Knox and the ship. The ceremony drew a large crowd along the Kennebec river and at the yard as the vessel slid into the water at 2 25 PM amid military bands and remarks from officials and press representatives.
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Frank Knox
Bath Iron Works Corp
Knox
Annie Reid Knox
Navy
Bath Iron Works
Kennebec
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Andrew C Long
Chaplain Corps
USNR
William S. Newell
Raleigh Warner
Chicago
Ill
Pure Oil Co
Secretary of the Navy
Joseph A. Bors
Washington
International News Service
Ernest J. King
USN
United States Fleet
Naval Operations
Ralph A. Bard
Sumner Sewall
Maine
Mr. Sewell
Sewell
Bath
Mr. Warner
Rough Riders
France
Navy Department
Admiral King
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Quebec
Mr. Bard
the Navy
James Forrestal
Bard
Mrs. Knox
Carleton Bridge
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
New Hampshire
U. S
John L. Sullivan
Secretary of the Treasury
William Brent Young
Supply Corps
U.S.N
Earl W. Mills
Us.n
Bureau of Ships
Lewis B. Combs
Civil Engineer Corps
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Charles L. Brand
Ernest M. Pace, Jr
Bureau of Aeronautics
Morton L. Deyo
Kittery
Normandy
Arthur B. Cook
Bureau of Naval Operations
W. J. Carter
Bureau of Supply and Accounts
J. Carey Jones
Destroyers
Atlantic Fleet
Robert A. Theobald
First Naval District
R. H. Laning
Naval District
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Evacuation At Lambert Park As Storm Hits Bath
Many families at Lambert Park evacuated to the State armory and USO hall as a tropical storm lashed Bath with 45 mph winds and heavy rains. Trees fell, power lines were down, cells flooded, and a taxi plunged into a culvert. 70 families moved in about 30 minutes with Red Cross and police on alert and local shelters prepared.
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Bath
Caribbean
Atlantic Seaboard
New England
South End
Jesse D Crabtree
Elm Street
Lambert Park
State Armory
Lincoln Street
USO Hall
Office Drive
Red Cross
Custom House
Maine Central
Bath Iron Works
Livermore Falls
Frank L. Moriarty
Bath Local Housing Authority
Armory
USO
Bath Memorial Hospital
City Hall
Navy
Moriarty
B. I W
Bath Memorial
Bathman Serves as Honor Guard in Base Section
2nd Lt. William J. Kerwin of Bath Maine served in a special Honor Guard at the Peninsular Base Section in Italy. The unit includes combat veterans from many branches excluding the Air Corps and features decorated troops with Combat Infantry Badge Purple Heart Silver Star and unit citations. Kerwin earned the Combat Infantry Badge and has six years service with 36 months overseas in Panama North Africa and Italy.
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Peninsular Base
Italy
William J. Kerwin
Shaw Street
Bath
Maine
U.S
U. S
Air Corps
Union
Hawai
Kerwin
Morins Take Westbound Train for Short Vacation
Dr and Mrs Harry F Morin were aboard a westbound train Tuesday morning and will visit their daughter in Mamaroneck Long Island N Y for a brief vacation.
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Harry F. Morin
Mamaroneck
Long Island
N. Y
Wallace Boys of Small Point Meet in France
Two brothers from Small Point Beach Maine met in France during World War II on a battle scarred coast near Normandy. Private Philip M Wallace of Small Point and Private Donald I Wallace, both in the 83rd division, reunited after years apart in service. They had worked together previously at Bath Iron Works, with Donald in pipefitting.
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Wallace Boys
Small Point
France
Small Point Beach
Maine
Phippsburg
Normandy
Philip M. Wallace
Irving Wallace
83Rd
St. Malo
War Department
Philip
Donald I. Wallace
Donald
Leavng
England
Bath Iron Works
94 year old Mrs Brawn celebrated in Bath birthday
Mrs Marilla Brawn aged 94 of Bath quietly marked her birthday with cards gifts and a family dinner. Daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Arthur Brawn hosted with two daughters and their husbands from Exeter New Hampshire and Woburn Massachusetts joining. Born Sept 16 1850 she witnessed four wars and stays sharp aided by radio and memories of Civil War era father Capt James Hunt U S A.
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Marilla Brawn
Sumner Brawn
Bath
Arthur Brawn
Sagadahoc Ferry
Royal O. Clapp
Margaret Bruce
Exeter
N. H
James Nickerson
Ida Bruce
Woburn
Mass
Brown
Capt
James Hunt
U.S. A
Winifred (Hunt) Hunt
Fred Bruce
Reading
Bruce
Sumner Brown
Bath to seek bids for incinerator with outside labor clause
Bath city officials approved bidding with a labor clause requiring outside workers from non war industrial areas. The move aims to satisfy War Production Board and War Manpower Commission objections to local labor shortages, after attorney Carey amended the application and Mayor Rogers outlined plans to proceed.
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Bath
City Committee On Sanitation
City Hall
War Production Board
War Manpower Commission
Production Urgency Committee
City of
Edwin C. Hyde, Jr
Portland
John P. Carey
Walter C Rogers
Carey
Ward E. Flynn
Chester M. McCabe
Phillip Eaton
Edmund A. Rothwell
Roger Luke
Stanley Hunter
Harold J. Carter
Howard E. Blake
Carl W. French
Henry O. Trowbridge
Flynn
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William Kerwin
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